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ALUMNI OF PIR 11/25/2015 TG 03 10 Divisions (019-026, 801 and 903)

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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 11/25/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 62
Latest Activity: Dec 1, 2016

WELCOME to PIR 11/25/2015! PLEASE See the PAGES section for Informational Posts about BC and PIR. PAGES is underneath the Members Photos. PLEASE scroll down this page here to find the Comment Box to post a reply to the PIR GROUP.

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~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.

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~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.

~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:

• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:

• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.

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~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.

~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option

~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends"

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Comment by Brenda on October 22, 2015 at 7:26pm: Ship 11 Div 19....Got a letter today, in CA.

Comment by Proudmom0105 on October 22, 2015 at 7:08pm: Ship 14 Div 021...got a letter today! And he also returned one of the questionnaires that I sent to him. Bonus!! He seems to be doing pretty good! I am so happy to hear from him.

Comment by madcrazyred31 on October 22, 2015 at 6:44pm: Same here. Got a letter. So short and sadly depressed but SO happy to hear anything!

Comment by Tracie on October 22, 2015 at 5:55pm: Ship 11 Div 19...we got a letter from our son today!!! He sent us one, his little brother one, and his aunt & uncle! I'm so happy to hear from him. He said he's well and they have done much IT. Their div, like others mentioned on here, has trouble with talking too much. He said they've had so much IT that he's sure that pretty soon they won't have the energy to speak! I'm just so glad to hear from him. He didn't say if he has received any of the letters that I've sent him. I sure hope he has. I think they would feel like a hug from home!

Comment by Alexis on October 22, 2015 at 5:42pm: Received my first letter today! So happy to finally here she is ok and actually likes it!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 22, 2015 at 5:05pm: The start of the "work week" for Recruit arrival seems to be Tuesday/Wednesday. Recruits that arrive on those days could end up in completely different TG's. I like to call it the "cusp".

Then sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to PIR date when a Recruit has individual special circumstances...meaning, we just don't know!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on October 22, 2015 at 5:01pm: Push Division is used to describe a Division that has some recruits in it that have shorter time at RTC.

What happens is the number of Divisions are designated for a TG. One Division may be short in being filled. Usually the last Divison OR integrated ones if they are waiting for more of one gender to complete it. So these recruits will wait for more arrivals to finish filling their divisions. They cannot move forward to training until this is done. These first recruits will have a little longer in P-Days. Usually,these are recruits that arrive at RTC later in the week, W and Th.

When the new recruits arrive the following M and T even,and fill up the Divisions they will have a shorter time in P-Days.

So some of the Recruits in a Push will have the typical 8.5 weeks and some will have 7.5 actual time at RTC.

There are only 6 weeks of actual training in BC. The rest are P-Days and getting ready for departure and PIR. So, they will get everything done.

ellen0502 has a good story about integrated divisions and this happening. I believe some of those beginning recruits in her Sailors division had even longer at RTC while waiting for female recruits.

Comment by NavyDad on October 22, 2015 at 4:29pm: Does anyone know what a "PUSH DIVIDION" is?

Comment by NavyDad on October 22, 2015 at 4:28pm: FaylinaMeir...that is so funny and not so funny. My son is 21 but had a few words about the kids acting up. I'm thinking, wow a few years of living makes a difference. I'm sure that most of them that are causing problems will straighten out and unfortunately some will be sent home.

Comment by VirgoMom904 on October 22, 2015 at 3:57pm: I got 10 letters!!!! Yay! Just finished crying my eyes out, it's crazy how good it feels to read her letters. She even wrote to the dogs! Too cute! I miss her so much, and she is very homesick but is getting through it. Said her division... 11 gets in trouble a lot and it's mostly for talking. Likes the food, said the water taste awful though. But overall she said they are very busy and looking forward to graduation.